Jack Richards, a senior studying actuarial science in the College of Business and Public Administration, has been awarded $5,000 by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) through the organization’s 2019 Trust Scholarship Program. Jack has completed a total of three internships at Travelers Insurance, Farm Bureau Financial Services, and Deloitte Consulting. He is also a member...
Hundreds of people packed into Sheslow Auditorium to celebrate the achievements of Drake students, faculty, staff, and members of the community during the College of Business and Public Administration (CBPA) annual awards ceremony on April 17. The CBPA presented more than two dozen awards, including honors for the CBPA’s top junior and senior students of...
A team of five students in Drake University’s College of Business and Public Administration took first place in the Society of Actuaries Student Research Case Study Challenge, an international competition that involved 63 teams of actuarial students from colleges and universities worldwide. It is the first time a team from the United States has won...
In today’s world of political stalemates and battles in Facebook comment sections, successfully navigating conflict engagement can be refreshing. Drake University’s Master of Public Administration program now offers a class dedicated to doing just that. Co-taught by Thomas F. Sheehan Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, Dr. C. Kenneth Meyer, Ph.D., and Richard K. Tucker, Ed.S.,...
A team of four actuarial science students from Drake University’s College of Business and Public Administration placed second in the Humana Actuarial Case Competition March 27–29 in Louisville, Ky. In its first year, the competition aims to bring together top actuarial students from around the country to tackle a real-world problem facing the insurance industry....
On March 13, a group of nine College of Business and Public Administration graduate students boarded a plane to Berlin, Germany for a three-week European tour to study international conflict management. The students were joined on the tour by alumni, community members, and the faculty leading the course, Thomas F. Sheehan Distinguished Professor of Public...
Pictured from left to right: Andrew Folkerts, John Ricard, Devin Smith, Abby Groendal, Mercedes Hendricks, and Jacob Sabella. Six actuarial science students from Drake University recently won the 2019 Travelers Actuarial Case Competition. This marks Drake’s fourth win in this competition since first participating in 2011. Hosted at the Travelers Insurance offices in St. Paul, Minn.,...
Marketing students from Drake University and Creighton University traveled to Minnetonka, Minn., Nov. 15–17 for the sixth annual Murphy Cup, a marketing student case competition. Students worked in teams to develop strategies for positioning the corporate brand for UnitedHealth Group, the largest healthcare company in the world and the fifth-ranked company on the 2018 Fortune 500. “The opportunity...